Joy of a Child News

Lots of things have been happening at Joy of a Child Ministry.

Lots of thanks go to those of you that have been constantly praying for the ministry especially towards the prayer requests that were stated in the previous blog. God has been faithful and he is doing great and marvelous things at Joy of a Child.

As mentioned in the previous blog, one of the major challenges at JOAC is lack of clean water. After losing out on the well where the kids had been collecting water for laundry, bathing, and cooking, last week God provided. Some liters of water were purchased from the local water suppliers. The water is less to last for a couple of weeks but has been of a great help so far.

Danelle the JOAC volunteer from the USA has been doing an incredible work with the girls, conducting their bible studies, and teaching them Mathematics and English.

Saturday was a concert day at St Agnes where most of the kids go to school. They had for about a week talked about the concert, where their five year old school would highlight its achievements through traditional Music, Dance and Drama. The most interesting thing was that all the kids would participate as their parents and guardians watch. The JOAC kids were blessed to have Uncle David, Aunt Esther, and Aunt Danelle attend. From 12:30pm through the whole day, the kids displayed their God given talents. No one ever knew that Davin was such a good drummer, it only occurred to them during the concert. Other talents were also discovered in the other JOAC kids, this gave them a chance to be applauded and encouraged, and such encouragement builds their self esteem and enacts in them more passion in what they do.

Sunday was Kids Church as usual, with the kids leading the service. There were visitors from Kampala; Leon, Isaac, and Ivan. Ivan shared in the Sunday school and also prayed for the kids. Uncle Joseph shared in the main service about faith. Later in the day the kids had a debate. Debates are very popular in Ugandan primary schools. A motion is designed and two groups split into opponents and supporters of the motion. The kids` skills in speaking English and also arguing out issues are tested, points are given, compared and the winning group is declared. At JOAC the chosen motion was “Teacher is better than Doctor”, turns were taken for every speaker to present their points. One would stand and say, “Mr. Chairman, Secretary, and the audience, I am here to say ‘Doctor is better than teacher’ (or otherwise)” before giving in their points. Well, at the end of the debate, the opponents to the motion were declared winners. Another debate was announced for next Sunday, the kids have been given time to think and suggest the motion.

Blog by Joseph Ochwo